Новости за 21.04.2016

Ottawa police were called to an address on Simcoe Street after a triple domestic stabbing on Thursday afternoon.  Two people were taken to hospital with serious injuries, while one person suffered minor injuries.  An elderly woman was slashed in the throat and is in critical condition. An elderly man was slashed across the hands and head […]

Police have laid more than 100 charges against three people in connection with dozens of fake 911 ‘swatting’ calls to Ottawa police, Gatineau police and the OPP. The bogus calls began Oct. 3, 2015, but most have occurred since March 28. Most involved false bomb threats or reports of shootings, suicidal people, break-ins, domestic assaults, […]

With the late Canadian literary lion Robertson Davies among his predecessors, Vancouver playwright Peter Zednik is in good company.  Zednik’s play Three Things took first prize earlier this year in Ottawa Little Theatre’s 75th National One-Act Playwriting Competition. Winning top honours, formally known as the Ottawa Little Theatre Award, means he not only collects a […]

The City of Ottawa is girding for “month 13” in the Syrian refugee resettlement – the month the federal assistance ends and the provincial system becomes the social safety net. Councillors are particularly mindful that the city might need to backstop community support programs, even with provincial social services. The community and protective services committee Thursday received an update on […]

In life, Pamela Kosmack and Leeanne Lawson were strangers, both vulnerable women who turned to the sex trade to feed their hard drug habit. Their only connection was their killer, and notably how he killed them, prosecutor Lisa Miles charged in her opening address to the jury on day one of Marc Leduc’s murder trial. […]

As marijuana enthusiasts celebrated Wednesday at annual 4-20 rallies, BuzzOn Vapour Lounge manager Wayne Robillard had an extra reason to be in high spirits. Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of the opening of Ottawa’s first vapour lounge. “It’s a fantastic feeling. It’s been a year since we threw open the doors and invited the mayor […]

The new Leopard II Main Battle Tank Maintenance Facility was officially opened today at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, the Canadian Army announced. The Leopard II Main Battle Tank Maintenance Facility is a one storey, 1,740 m² maintenance and storage building. Two of the maintenance bays allow for full turret rotation and the third […]

Gatineau police acting on an anonymous tip Wednesday arrested two people and seized a large amount of marijuana. At 5:10 p.m., police entered a home at 9 Rue des Rapides, near the intersection of Rue Saint-Louis and Boulevard la Vérendrye Ouest in Gatineau’s northeast area.  In total, police seized 74 marijuana plants, 2,033 grams of marijuana and […]

New townhomes on Sparks Street are unique in more ways than one. First, there’s the location: They’re the only ones that can boast having a street-level residential address on Sparks. Then there’s the fact that they’re towns at a time when new construction downtown is almost invariably condo apartments. There are, of course, the fantastic […]

A little over a year after Senator Mike Duffy made his first appearance in an Ottawa courtroom, Ontario Justice Charles Vaillancourt is set to hand down his ruling on the 31 fraud, breach of trust and bribery charges the embattled former broadcaster is facing over alleged misuse of his office and travel budgets. Kady O’Malley […]

Your Excellency: As the Queen’s representative in Canada, you represent an institution that some Canadians claim is outdated. In the modern age, when technology is disrupting many conventional structures and systems, it’s tempting for some people to view any long-established tradition as antiquated. We don’t need a monarchy and a governor general, they argue. We’d […]

Canada’s United Nations Security Council bid presents an extraordinary opportunity to highlight the global security threat posed by climate change, not only advancing this issue within the UN’s most powerful body but also distinguishing Canada from rival candidates. Prime Minster Justin Trudeau recently announced that Canada is seeking a two-year Council term beginning in 2021, […]

What: Yogurts in little glass pots, just like in France. Why: These are delicious yogurts, from Laiterie Chalifoux, a dairy producer that’s been going for four generations in Sorel-Tracy, Que. The company’s Petit Pot line in sweet little glass jars, however, is brand new. Not only is it a pleasure to spoon the thick, full-fat yogurts out of the […]

The Dining Room Where: A.Y. Jackson Secondary School Director: Ilona Henkelman Janelle Rowsell Critic, All Saints High School Like most family traditions, a dining room table is sturdy and offers support, but over time even the strongest table can falter. However, at the end of the day, we can always rely on tradition to bring us […]

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair yesterday asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau what his government was doing to deal with the situation of severely injured veterans (amputees, etc) having each year to fill out a mound of forms to confirm that they are indeed still injured. The question was sparked by the case of retired Master Cpl. Paul […]

A fresh spin on the traditional home show makes its debut May 1 when Decor Day arrives at the Nepean Sportsplex. The event features back-to-back seminars, one-on-one design and decor consultations, and vendor booths. Unlike many home shows, this one focuses on extensive interaction; seminars, for example, will consist of short presentations by professional designers […]

The National Defence building at 555 Boul. de la Carrière in Gatineau has been evacuated and the busy street closed by police this morning while emergency responders investigate reports of a fire in the building. First responders were greeted by smoke on the building’s sixth floor and windows were smashed to ventilate the area. Police began by […]

One down, 100 more to go. That’s roughly how many more books Governor General David Johnston will need to write if he wants to catch up to one of his predecessors, John Buchan, who churned out book after book in his lifetime, before dying in office 76 years ago. “There’s still time,” host Mark Sutcliffe […]

Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson is the winner of the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Stephen Harper (Signal/McClelland & Stewart). The announcement was made Wednesday night at the Politics and the Pen Gala at the Fairmont Château Laurier. The prize is worth $25,000. The jury, of Canadian military historian Tim Cook,  journalist […]

Violinist James Ehnes turned 40 on Jan. 27. “My (40th) birthday was a fun day. I was in New York where I played some Beethoven with the New York Philharmonic for a week. The first concert of the set was on my birthday and that was an exciting way to celebrate. I lived in New […]

Six people, including a police officer, were confined in a Hull office tower for hours Wednesday after touching a suspicious envelope delivered to a Department of National Defence worker. Investigators later determined it was harmless. Police had sealed off the block outside 105 Hotel de Ville St. between Kent St. and Promenade du Portage while […]

Forced cleanouts of “hoarder houses” like the one struck by fire in Orléans early Wednesday hardly ever work and only make the hoarding problem worse and harder to deal with in the future, says the researcher behind a two-year study of hoarding disorder in Ottawa. “Clean-outs aren’t very effective,” said Stephanie Yamin, a psychology professor […]

The number of complaints against police were up in the first three months of 2016 after the Ottawa Police Service recorded a significant decrease in 2015. A report for the police services board says there were 114 complaints in the first quarter of 2016, compared with 79 in the first quarter of 2015. The five-year average for the […]

A pair of prisoner support groups is planning a public forum to discuss potential solutions to the problems plaguing Ottawa’s troubled jail. Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS) and members of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project are organizing the forum on May 12 at Ottawa City Hall to allow the community to weigh in on the […]

With the federal Liberals blazing forward with plans to legalize marijuana, pot advocates gathered in droves Wednesday for the annual 4-20 rally at Parliament Hill. At previous rallies, when the Conservative government was in power, members of the pro-cannabis movement had used the 4-20 event as a platform to voice displeasure with Canada’s marijuana laws. However this year’s […]